Ritidian firing range bill advances

11:50 AM,
May 22, 2014

Written by

Raju Chebium
Gannett Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON -- The House Natural Resources Committee yesterday unanimously approved Del. Madeleine Bordallo's proposal to give the military control over public access to the Guam National Wildlife Refuge.

The Democrat's bill passed as written in a few minutes with the committee's unanimous consent, meaning no roll call was taken. Noncontroversial measures are approved in this manner.

The committee's approval became a formality after Bordallo announced late Tuesday that she attached a newer version of her original proposal to a defense-authorization measure the House is debating ...